Shubh gun mandir sundar Kshirodadhi jaata: meaning
Stanza 6 of the Om Jai Lakshmi Mata
शुभ गुण मन्दिर सुन्दर क्षीरोदधि जाता
रत्न चतुर्दश तुम बिन कोई नहीं पाता
śubh guṇ mandir sundar Kṣīrodadhi jātā / ratna caturdaś tum bin koī nahīṃ pātā
Beautiful home of all good qualities, you were born from the Ocean of Milk. Without you, no one gets the fourteen jewels.
Words
शुभ śubhgood
गुण guṇqualities
मन्दिर mandirtemple, home
सुन्दर sundarbeautiful
क्षीरोदधि Kṣīrodadhithe Ocean of MilkSanskrit kṣīra (milk) plus udadhi (ocean).
जाता jātāborn of
रत्न ratnajewels
चतुर्दश caturdaśfourteen
तुम tumyou
बिन binwithout
कोई koīanyone
नहीं nahīṃnot
पाता pātāgets
The churning of the ocean
Gods and demons churn the Ocean of Milk for the nectar of immortality. Many wonders rise from it, and Lakshmi is one of them. She chooses Vishnu. 'Fourteen jewels' is the usual later way of counting what emerged; the older texts do not all give the same list.
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Book 8; Vishnu Purana, Book 1